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Arts patronage has a long history with real estate developers, and many large developments are mandated by the city to pay for public art installations. But a small developer without any city-ordained mandate is taking the idea of arts patronage in a new and different direction.

Earlier this spring, we reported that Facebook is opening up an office in Vancouver. Naturally, people were excited, however, the office is supposedly only temporary. Now, Techvibes is reporting that the Facebook Vancouver office will be located in Coal Harbour and not in the tech hubs of Gastown, Yaletown or even Mount Pleasant.

In November of 2012, the Empire Granville 7 Cinema closed its doors for good. At the time it was not known what would become of the old theatre, but now we know that it will become three individual retail units.

Warmer weather upon us, the sun is shining, love is in the air and Vancouver’s wedding season and planning is now in full bloom. With so much to consider when planning for the big day, from invites, to locations, dress and catering it can become, at times, well, overwhelming to say the least. Enter Vancouver’s Darian Kovacs, the City’s most sought after Wedding Officiant. He’s also about to give away a wedding package on Vancity Buzz – no joke, read more to find out how.

Ladies! It’s definitely no longer just a rumour, the folks at Metropolis at Metrotown have confirmed that construction has begun for Metro Vancouver’s second Victoria’s Secret location.

People are starting to get more familiar with crowd-funding and the benefits and opportunities it can provide to a startup. Just ask Vancouverite Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble watches. They raised $10 million last year from their Kickstarter campaign and just this week, they got $15 million of “proper” investment. This weeks feature is also looking towards the public to get their dream idea off the ground with their own Kickstarter campaign. Vancouver startup, Let’s Patch, presents a clever self-watering solution for urban farmers and families.